russia Russia announces new plans to use forced prison labor, promises it "won't be a gulag" Thom Dunn
prison reform Prison labor in Massachusetts is used to manufacture Blue Lives Matter merchandise Thom Dunn
coronavirus County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety Thom Dunn
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin
carceral state Edelman PR drops GEO Group after employee revolt at the prospect of laundering the reputation of private US concentration camps Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow
corporatism Beto O'Rourke just hired a "senior advisor" who used to lobby for Keystone XL, Seaworld and private prisons Cory Doctorow
Business Canada Pension Plan is long on US private prisons and immigrant detention centers Cory Doctorow
Business Undercover reporter spent four months as a prison guard in a Louisiana pen run by CCA Cory Doctorow
corruption Privatized, for-profit immigration detention centers force detainees to work for $1-3/day Cory Doctorow
law Judge who accepted private-prison bribes to send black kids to jail sentenced to 28 years Cory Doctorow